Umbrella-stick.



No. 741,978. PATE-NTSB OCT. 20,1903;

J. ROSE. .UMBRELLA STICK. APPLICATION FILED HAY 7, 19043..

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UNITED STATES `l-Eatented. October 20, 1903.

PATENT i OFFICE.

'JAMES ROSE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROSE BROTHERS daGO., OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, A FIRM.

UMBRELLA-STICK.

"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.` 741,978, dated`October 20, 1903.

Application filed May 7, 1903. Serial No. 156,040. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES ROSE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements iuUmbrella-Sticks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertans to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to umbrella-sticks; and it relates particularlyto means whereby handles may be attached to and removed from sticks, asdesired.

In devices as heretofore made by which the detachment of handles isprovided for the means employed are defective and objectionable invarious particulars. Usually their incorporation into the stick involvescutting away or weakening of the stick near or at the juncture of thestick and handle,atwhich point most strain comes in* holding theumbrella when raised. The usual means employed for connecting the partsis a spring of some form and which allows lateral or longitudinal playbetween the stick and handle, which play increases as the parts wear inuse, rendering the joint defective.

The object of the present invention is to provide means wherebyumbrellahandles may quickly and easily be connected to or be removedfrom sticks, which means shall strengthen rather than weaken the stickat the point where the stick and handle are connected and shall aor'd aconnection between the parts in which no play or vibration is possible.A*

With this object in View the invention consists, essentially, of lthemeans for detachably connecting umbrella-handles to sticks, whichconsists of an internally screw threaded sleeve capable of sliding on astick, a stop on the stick by which the movement of the sleeve islimited,and a hollow projection from a handle receiving the end of thestick and having external screw -threads adapted to be engaged by thosein the sleeve.

The invention consists, further, oi?v various novel details ofconstruction, whereby the object of the invention is attained and theedectiveness of the device insured.

One form of embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis aside View of the end of annmbrella-s tick having a handle connected thereto by my improved means.Fig. 2 is a side view of the end of an umbrella-stick having the connecting-,sleeve in place thereon and showing the stop by which themovement of the sleeve is limited. Fig. 3 is a perspective 'view of theportion of the connecting device which is attached'to the handle; andFig. 4.- is an enlarged sectional view of the parts of the joint,showing the same inthe position assumed when a handle is attached to astick.

In the drawings, l represents thehandle end of an umbrella-stick, theform of' stick being t'ne ordinary tubular metal article usuallyemployed. Arranged near the end of the stick is the stop 0r projection2, extending a short distance from the face of the stick. This stop maybe formed in any'suitable way, as by raising the metal of the stick orby attaching pieces to the faces thereof. I prefer, however, to piercethe stick and introduce into the opening a plug 2, of metal, projectinga short distance from opposite sides of the stick, as shown in thedrawings.

Surrounding the stick l and arranged above the stop or projection is asleeve 3, internally screw-threaded and having on the end thereofremoved from the handle end of the stick a flange 4, by which theopening in this end is contracted to a size to allow the sleeve to slidefreely on the stick and at the same time to prevent its passing the stopon the rod. The space between the screwthreads on the sleeve and the rodis of a size to permit the introduction between the parts of a portionof the projection from the handle. In order to give the jointa finishedappearance by covering all the screw-threads on the portion of the jointattached to the handle and to be hereinafter described, the sleeve hasan overhanging smooth surface on the end thereof toward the handle tooverlap the threads on the attachment to the handle.

The portion 5 of the fastening device, which is attached to the handle,consists of the reduced end 6, adapted to enter the handle, and thehollow end 7 for receiving the end of the stick. The reduced end 6 ispret'- erably externally screw threaded for introduction into a Woodenhandle or is roughened to aiord a holding-surface when it is introducedinto a handle and retained by cement or the like. The hollow end 7 hasan opening of a size to receive and closely conline the end of thestick. It has on the outer end the screw-threads 8, adapted to engagethose on the inner face of the sleeve 3, and the thickness of thescrew-threaded portion corresponds to the space between the rod and theinner face of the sleeve.

The end of the hollow portion 7 has in it one or more openings orindentations 9, of a size and shape corresponding to the stop orprojection 2.

In connecting the parts when constructed as described the hollow end ofthe part 5, to which the handle is connected, is passed over the end ofthe stick until the projection or stop enters the openings 9, and thesleeve is then screwed upon the part 7 until the iiange abuts againstthe end of the stop 2. With the parts thus placed in position aperfectly rigid joint between the stick and handle is made-and no playbetween the parts in any direction is possible, while at the same timevthe removal of one handle and the substitution of another can quicklybe accomplished by an unskilled person and without the use of tools.

An important advantage which my form of connection possesses over othersfor the same purpose is that by it the stick is reinforced at the pointjust above the handle where most strain comes in holding an umbrellawhen raised instead of being weakened, as by the other devices for thepurpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The means for detachably connecting an umbrella stick and handlecomprising a stick having an opening therethrough, a plug located in theopening and projecting from opposite sides of the stick, aninternally-screwthreaded sleeve capable of sliding on the stick andadapted to abut against the plug, and a hollow externally-screw-threadedprojecti'onfrom a vhandle adapted to receive the end of the stick, andhaving indentations in its end adapted to receive the ends of the plug,substantially as described.

2. The means for detachably connecting an umbrella stick and handlecomprising a stick having an opening therethrough, a plug located in theopening and projecting from opposite sides of the stick, a sleeve havinga portion of its inner face screw-threaded and the remainder smooth andadapted to abut against the plug, and a hollow externallyscrew -threadedprojection from a handle having indentations in its end adapted toreceive the ends of the plug, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ROSE.

Witnesses:

CHAPMAN N. FowLEn, PERCY C. BOWEN.

